The toughest in-use test an HDMI cable can pass is to deliver signals reliably over distance; our Blue Jeans Cable Series-2 HDMI cables have proven reliable out to at least 50 feet, while many others fail at shorter distances. In our own in-use testing, we have found that the 50-foot cable operates flawlessly at 1080p. Unlike many competing cables, the Blue Jeans Cable Series-2 HDMI cable is both UL-listed and rated CL2 under the National Electrical Code, making it lawful for in-wall installation in NEC jurisdictions (note: many cables are UL-listed without having an in-wall NEC rating; if it doesn't have CL2 or a similar NEC designation printed directly on the jacket, don't assume it's rated for installation.). The signal conductors in our HDMI cables are 24 AWG silver-plated copper, regardless of cable length, unlike many which use small-gauge wire at short distances. While a small-gauge cable may work well in a single short run, it is a potential source of trouble if you're using switches, couplers, or repeaters along the way.tip: I talk about HDMI here, but don't rule out component cables as the right HD connector for your system.
Cosey Fanni Tutti has unleashed a major revision of her site, providing images and text that have long been absent from her site, and the web in general. After going through the wtg archives, I found that I've somehow never written about Cosey before (which is not to say that she hasn't appeared on the site at all). This is a major oversight, as she is strongly tied to many of the subjects I write about on wtg.Born in Hull, Cosey began her career in music and art during 1969, appearing in art performances and musical improvisations in Hull until 1972.previously on wtg:
In 1973, Cosey moved to London and continued working as a performance artist representing Britain at the 9th Paris Biennale,1975 and Arte Inglese Oggi,1976. She also performed in Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Austria, USA and Canada until 1980.
Throughout the period 1973 - 1980 Cosey was exhibiting, contributing to mail art exhibitions and performing in other group exhibitions around the world. Often working naked in her performances, Cosey went on to investigate self-image within the context of sex magazines and sex films, glamour modelling and striptease acts. Her experiences within these industries during the period 1973 - 1984 were brought into her art work as she explored the many aspects of sex as it is perceived and transacted as commercial product. She placed conventional beauty in a situation where it was subjected to simulated mutilation before a live audience. This provided a visual contrast highlighting and questioning the notion of what is presentable as 'beauty'.
In her infamous exhibition 'Prostitution' at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1976 Cosey Fanni Tutti occupied multiple roles; artist, model, musician, and herself. Music was used in some of Cosey's performances in preference to spoken language, which she considered an obstacle to her visual presentations. She continued to explore the use of sound, scientifically, politically, commercially and as a means of physical pleasure or pain. In 1976 she co-founded the group Throbbing Gristle with Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge. They broke the rules of established music and its contextual business practice, ultimately becoming successful with their own record label, Industrial Records. In 1981 Cosey immersed herself in creating music and video with partner Chris Carter under the name Chris & Cosey most recently performing and recording as Carter Tutti. Their joint musical and video collaborations, some 32 albums, have met with continuing international success.
1994 marked Cosey's re-entry into the art world since which time she has exhibited works in the UK, U.S.A., Austria, Germany, Lisbon, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden. She now works closely with and is represented by Cabinet, London.
Her art practice takes its place alongside her continuing music work with Chris Carter and latterly the 2003 re-grouping of Throbbing Gristle in 2002 and their continuing performances and recordings .
That's why I abandoned the whole iTunes/iPod mess before I got in too deep. I'm a deliriously happy and unshackled eMusic user and have been for nearly a year. My MP3s play on every digital music player ever manufactured and no one can ever take them away from me. They're mine."Arstechnica published an article earlier this week titled “Why DRM’s best friend might just be Apple Inc.“. Every time someone points out that Apple is a supporter of DRM, the Mac faithful come out of the woodworks to promote the delusion that Apple does not really support DRM and that they’re simply forced to use DRM by the record labels and studios. This of course flies in the face of reality:
Sexerati's new comrade-in-arms Lux Nightmare on how porn has shaped the future of sex on the web and made honest bloggers of us both.Sexerati is such a great site. Melissa and Lux offer up so much to think about.
"Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta march together along a rural Mississippi road with the March Against Fear."
A short series of images, art, and daily life connect and interdepend on each other, this is one single way to represent the comprehension of physical infinity.
Today in another WLTV viewer inspired question, Gary looks at six budget priced wines. Watch and see if these are really true values or something else.Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Call me a leggo beast (Jamaican patois for "wild one"), but I reckon there is no more significant genre of 20th-century music than dub, the first music to use the studio as an instrument. Its essential arsenal of echo, phasing and reverb was first sharpened by Kingston's King Tubby, working with four-track tape machines, and has been greatly extended by today’s technology; yet the force of the original tools, and those mind-blowing sounds, has never been beaten.The essays/reviews are well worth reading and the audio samples provided are very intruiging.
 More "classic" episodes of JenniShow. Long before vlogging had a name, Jennifer Ringley of Jennicam was doing just that. These are episodes 39 & 40 of her 45 episode run. Research at the wayback machine (search for thesync.com) suggests that these episodes are at least 8 years old.Some of these episodes are really only significant for their historical value. Others are genuinely interesting. I'll leave it up to you to decide which are which. |
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Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran -- especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.Brilliantly played, Mr. Ellison!
Yet the holy book at tomorrow's ceremony has an unassailably all-American provenance. We've learned that the new congressman -- in a savvy bit of political symbolism -- will hold the personal copy once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
Will video blogs become the next big tech breakthrough to help voters connect with their candidates for the '08 Presidential campaign? Some politicians hope so.previously on wtg:
Last month, while we were all preparing for our long string of holiday parties and trips to visit families, Democratic candidate Tom Vilsack quietly launched his video blog campaign for president. In each short clip, the Iowa governor tries hard not to sound like a campaign commercial. He even had his wife do one of the vlogs and he has pledged to vlog once a week.
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